15. For innumerable troubles are come about me; my sins have taken such hold upon me that I am not able to look up : yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me.

16. O Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver me : make haste, O Lord, to help me.

17. Let them be ashamed and confounded together, that seek after my soul to destroy it : let them be driven backward and put to rebuke, that wish me evil.

18. Let them be desolate, and rewarded with shame : that say unto me, Fie upon thee, fie upon thee.

19. Let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee : and let such as love thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised.

30. When the company of the spear-men, and multitude of the mighty are scattered abroad among the beasts of the people, so that they humbly bring pieces of silver : and when he hath scattered the people that delight in war;

31. Then shall the princes come out of Eqypt : the Morians’ land shall soon stretch our her hands unto God.

4. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday : seeing that is past as a watch in the night.

5. As soon as thou scatterest them they are even as a sleep : and fade away suddenly like the grass.

6. In the morning it is green, and groweth up : but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.

7. For we consume away in thy displeasure : and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation.

8. Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee : and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

9. For when thou art angry all our days are gone : we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.

10. The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.

11. But who regardeth the power of thy wrath : for even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure.

12. So teach us to number our days : that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

13. Turn thee again, O Lord, at the last : and be gracious unto thy servants.

14. O satisfy us with thy mercy, and that soon : so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life.

15. Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us : and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity.

16. Shew thy servants thy work : and their children thy glory.

17. And the glorious majesty of the Lord our God be upon us : prosper thou the work of our hands upon us, O prosper thou our handywork.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

詩篇91. Qui habitat

Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the most High : shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

二 I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope, and my strong hold : my God, in him will I trust.

3. For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter : and from the noisome pestilence.

4. He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers : his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

5. Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night : nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

6. For the pestilence that walketh in darkness : nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day.

7. A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand : but it shall not come nigh thee.

8. Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold : and see the reward of the ungodly.

Day 27. Morning Prayer.

3. What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue : even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals.

4. Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech : and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar.

5. My soul hath long dwelt among them : that are enemies unto peace.

6. I labour for peace, but when I speak unto them thereof : they make them ready to battle.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

詩篇121. Levavi oculus

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help.

二 My help cometh even from the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth.

3. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.

4. Behold, he that keepeth Israel : shall neither slumber nor sleep.

5. The Lord himself is thy keeper : the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand;

6. So that the sun shall not burn thee by day : neither the moon by night.

7. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.

8. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in : from this time forth for evermore.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

詩篇122. Laetatus sum

I was glad when they said unto me : We will go into the house of the Lord.

二 Our feet shall stand in thy gates : O Jerusalem.

3. Jerusalem is built as a city : that is at unity in itself.

4. For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord : to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord.

5. For there is the seat of judgement : even the seat of the house of David.

6. O pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall prosper that love thee.

7. Peace be within thy walls : and plenteousness within thy palaces.

8. For my brethren and companions’ sakes : I will wish thee prosperity.

9. Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God : I will seek to do thee good.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

詩篇123. Ad te levavi oculos meos

Unto thee lift I up mine eyes : O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

二 Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress : even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.

3. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us : for we are utterly despised.

4. Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the wealthy : and with the despitefulness of the proud.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

詩篇124. Nisi quia Dominus

If the Lord himself had not been on our side, now may Israel say : if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us;

二 They had swallowed us up quick : when thy were so wrathfully displeased at us.

3. Yea, the waters had drowned us : and the stream had gone over our soul.

4. The deep waters of the proud : had gone even over our soul.

5. But praised be the Lord : who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth.

6. Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler : the snare is broken, and we are delivered .

7. Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

詩篇125. Qui confidunt

They that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as the mount Sion : which may not be removed, but standeth fast for ever.

二 The hills stand about Jerusalem : even so standeth the Lord round about his people, from this time forth for evermore.

3. For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the lot of the righteous : lest the righteous put their hand unto wickedness.

4. Do well, O Lord : unto those that are good and true of heart.

5. As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness : the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil-doers; but peace shall be upon Israel.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

Day 27. Evening Prayer.

詩篇126. In convertendo

When the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion : then were we like unto them that dream.

二 Then was our mouth filled with laughter : and our tongue with joy.

3. Then said they among the heathen : The Lord hath done great things for them.

4. Yea, the Lord hath done great things for us already : whereof we rejoice.

5. Turn our captivity, O Lord : as the rivers in the south.

6. They that sow in tears : shall reap in joy.

7. He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed : shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

詩篇127. Nisi Dominus

Except the Lord build the house : their labour is but lost that build it.

二 Except the Lord keep the city : the watchman waketh but in vain.

3. It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness : for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

4. Lo, children and the fruit of the womb : are an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord.

5. Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant : even so are the young children.

6. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

詩篇128. Beati omnes

Blessed are all they that fear the Lord : and walk in his ways.

二 For thou shalt eat the labours of thine hands : O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be.

3. Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine : upon the walls of thine house.

4. Thy children like the olive-branches : round about thy table.

5. Lo, thus shall the man be blessed : that feareth the Lord.

6. The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee : that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long.

7. Yea, that thou shalt see thy children’s children : and peace upon Israel.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

詩篇129. Saepe expugnaverunt

Many a time have they fought against me from my youth up : may Israel now say.

二 Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up : but they have not prevailed against me.

3. The plowers plowed upon my back : and made long furrows.

4. But the righteous Lord : hath hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces.

5. Let them be confounded and turned backward : as many as have evil will at Sion.

6. Let them be even as the grass growing upon the house-tops : which withereth afore it be plucked up;

7. Whereof the mower filleth not his hand : neither he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom.

8. So that they who go by say not so much as, The Lord prosper you : we wish you good luck in the Name of the Lord.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

詩篇130. De profundis

Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord : Lord, hear my voice.

二 O let thine ears consider well : the voice of my complaint.

3. If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : O Lord, who may abide it?

4. For there is mercy with thee : therefore shalt thou be feared.

5. I look for the Lord; my soul doth wait for him : in his word is my trust.

6. My soul fleeth unto the Lord : before the morning watch, I say, before the morning watch.

7. O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy : and with him is plenteous redemption.

8. And he shall redeem Israel : from all his sins.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

詩篇131. Domine, non est

Lord, I am not high-minded : I have no proud looks.

二 I do not exercise myself in great matters : which are too high for me.

3. But I refrain my soul, and keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother : yea, my soul is even as a weaned child.

4. O Israel, trust in the Lord : from this time forth for evermore.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

Day 28. Morning Prayer.

詩篇132. Memento, Domine

Lord, remember David : and all his trouble;

二 How he sware unto the Lord : and vowed a vow unto the Almighty God of Jacob;

3. I will not come within the tabernacle of mine house : nor climb up into my bed;

4. I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eye-lids to slumber : neither the temples of my head to take any rest;

5. Until I find out a place for the temple of the Lord : an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

6. Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata : and found it in the wood.

7. We will go into his tabernacle : and fall low on our knees before his footstool.